Oh little monkey 
off my back
find your way 
back to cup
and the organ
play music there
sing your song 
into the ears
of the curious 
and easily fooled 
for here you’ll
no longer find 
any spare change 

I prefer knowing 
that it’s done 
whatever it is 
silencing my mind 
it’s like truth
I’d rather know 
than always wonder 
unfinished business and 
secrets like chores
pick away at 
my peace now 

Perhaps present 
is not 
a place
but an
expression of
pure gratitude 
a being
of humility 
and of
kindness and 
blessings and 
of grace 

There’s nothing 
to do 
that needs
to be 
just things 
that take
our time 
think not 
then of
them as
work but 
rather the 
joy of
living our
beautiful lives 

It hits different 
that first sip
of early morning 
of course coffee 
but also kiss
and sun too
it’s wakey wakey
to warmth to 
love to day
three of my
most favorite things